The New Jersey native commanded the 6th Marine War Dog Platoon, which participated in the battle for Iwo Jima in February and March 1945. He lived in Omaha with his daughter and son-in-law ...

His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...

Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

The National WWII Museum gives us a little background story that explains how Jack ended up at the bloody grounds of Iwo Jima at such a young age: “While most 14-year-old boys contributed to the war ...

"But I'm content with what I have, and the best souvenir of all will be my two dog tags around ... span at the end of the war, he witnessed more history at Iwo Jima and learned about a ...

Feb. 23, 2025 Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the famed Battle of Iwo Jima. Some of the men who braved those shores are in town to mark this key turning point in World War II. One by one, with canes ...

MORE | #TBT: Long-lost WWII dog tag reunites daughter with ... raising $26 billion to support the war effort. Beyond the photograph, Iwo Jima was a brutal and costly battlefield.

After the war was over, the United States built a military base on Iwo Jima. In 1968, the island was given back to Japan. The Japanese villagers who were evacuated in 1944, as the island geared up ...